{"id":"CVE-2002-2143","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-2143","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:05.597Z","title":"The admin.html file in MySimple News 1.0 stores its administrative password in plaintext, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the web server by viewing the source of admin.html.","description":"The admin.html file in MySimple News 1.0 stores its administrative password in plaintext, which allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the web server by viewing the source of admin.html.","published":"2002-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:00:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["mysimplenews/mysimplenews"],"epss":{"score":0.02721,"percentile":0.85934,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2002-10-02","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21901,"kind":"exploit","title":"MySimpleNews 1.0 - Remote Readable Administrator Password","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21901","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/21901.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/21901.txt","published":"2002-10-02","added":"2002-10-02","updated":"2012-10-11","author":"frog","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2002-2143","OSVDB-59092"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5866/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.7%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10298.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/293871","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5866","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10298.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/293871","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5866","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2143","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}